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jayman448:
ill be inclined to dispute that. anything can be self taught. youll surely see what works and doesnt work and work on what does
it has to be an alright bow or they wouldnt have bothered using it and come up with something better
FilipT:
Kyudo is more of a mental discipline and meditative technique then real archery practice. Every Japanese martial art that has "do" in its ending is more focused on the state of the mind and technique then on the application.
In history they had endings in "jutsu" and they were focused on application. So "Kyujutsu", a predecessor of Kyudo was true samurai archery practice.
bradsmith2010:
I had a bow I made for fun,, my friend broke a a bow, and I had a broken one too,, so I splice the two limbs together,
one limb ,, the bottom was very much shorter,,,, it looked wierd,, but shot great,, I think I have a photo,, let me check
sleek:
At a recent archery event i had my longer bow break a string on me. I was shooting alright. It was a 35 pound bow made for me by J05h on this site. Sweet little bow. Well, I was carrying with me a back up bow, my going for bankruptcy bow actually. Its 65#@26 and it was 48 ntn before I took 2 inches off the lower limb. My shooting was more affected by the arrows spine than my accuracy. Though I did manage a bukls eye on a very difficult shot.
Point is, i dont think at all that short bows perform any different than their longer counterparts. And if they do, maybe its the archer or a poor made bow. I have had plenty of folks shoot bankruptcy and their groops were great.
loon:
--- Quote from: sleek on September 22, 2016, 02:43:35 am ---Point is, i dont think at all that short bows perform any different than their longer counterparts. And if they do, maybe its the archer or a poor made bow. I have had plenty of folks shoot bankruptcy and their groops were great.
--- End quote ---
Then I suppose a 44" Turkish hornbow would be a perfect hunting bow? :p (or your wood equivalent..)
Good to hear either way.
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